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BBC's University Challenge players left baffled by music question - can you guess it?

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University Challenge was back for another round of tricky questions that only the brightest academics could guess correctly. Hosted by Amol Rajan, the long-running BBC quiz show asked the contestants questions on topics such as science, history, and art. This week, Edinburgh University faced Newcastle. During a music round, Edinburgh answered the starter question correctly about jazz. They were then given multiple pieces of music, which were played out loud, but the last song left all four contestants stumped. Are you ready to give it a go?

During the last song, music blasted throughout the studio as the Edinburgh panel discussed, but appeared very unsure. The captain was convinced that the band was Blur, but they were incorrect.

Amol then revealed: "No, it's the Gorillaz." While the team seemed to struggle, some fans at home managed to guess the answer correctly.

One person said on X: "#universitychallenge Frank Zappa, Gorillaz. Wake up you youngs! I got them and I'm ancient!" Another also said: "#universitychallenge gorillaz."

In the end, Edinburgh comfortably beat Newcastle with 200 points to 105. Amol admitted that Edinburgh were "super strong" and were a "formidable team" with such a "breadth of knowledge".

At the start of the competition last month, both teams were caught out by a difficult question early on during the University Challenge. The round saw UCL v SOAS.

Amol read out: "In what present-day country was a territory that was given the name 'Island of the True Cross' by Pedro Álvares Cabral during a trading expedition to India in 1500? Perhaps attempting to avoid becalm waters in the Gulf of Guinea, Cabral sailed south-west under the terms of the Treaty of Tordesillas, claimed the place for the Crown of Portugal."

Doherty from UCL buzzed and guessed "Goa", which was wrong. Then Mozayen tried to have a go at answering, to which he said: "Sri Lanka?", which was also incorrect.

The correct answer was Brazil.

University Challenge is on BBC Two on Monday evenings at 8:30pm.

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